Players

Player ins and outs

asia exile — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:11:23 GMT

Must be having a big clear out at the Oval. James Benning (26) and Scott Newman (29) apparently surplus to Adams requirements at Surrey - have been made available for loan spells with other counties

See also ECB quotas and Davies leaving? threads...

Just received this. Don't know if I'm thrilled or not??!!

Tim Hall — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:30:01 GMT

Worcestershire CCC is delighted to announce the signing of the World's Number One all- rounder, 22 year old Bangladesh Captain Skakib Al Hasan. Currently top of the ICC one day all-rounders ranking list (and 4th in the test playing all-rounders ranking list), Shakib will fulfil the County's overseas slot upon completion of the Bangladesh tour to England in mid July 2010 subject to completion of visa arrangements. Director of Cricket, Steve Rhodes, says "I have been following his progress ...

Bumpy: News to him we want Jayawardene

WBB — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:59:09 GMT

...say ITV Teletext.

I think someone has noticed that the April-July Overseas and wicketkeeper vacancies could be filled in one go!

ITV Teletext has less than a month to go before it closes down forever, btw.

Stephen Moore

Glenochil — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:08:25 GMT

Straight from the Horse's mouth via email: STEPHEN MOORE TO LEAVE WORCESTERSHIRE Worcestershire CCC can confirm that Stephen Moore has informed the Club he will be activating the release clause in his contract with immediate effect. Chief Executive, Mark Newton, says "Stephen has considered his position very carefully and has made the decision to move to another County. Whilst we are very sorry to see him go, we wish him well and thank him for his contribution to Worcestershire ...

Davies leaving?

Member1 — Sun, 24 May 2009 08:13:56 GMT

I see Davies has yet to open negotiations over a new contract. His deal expires at the end of this season. After the Moore saga last season this is getting tedious.Davies is of course entitled to as much as Moore but can we afford it? After the Ireland game I am finding it difficult to care too much. Likewise Ben Smith mentioning his benefit AGAIN in his latest interview. The man jumped the queue to get a benefit just so he would sign a new contract. Kabir should have been offered a benefit ...

New kids on the block

Serchers — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:14:48 GMT

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/wccc/4736127.New_Road___s_family_affair/

Good stuff and good luck to them !

Alan Richardson Speaks

WBB — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:47:28 GMT

..apparently a mate of Vik since they were 14!

Bradders as the TV reporter?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/worcestershire/8339720.stm

DobellWatch

WBB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:40:00 GMT

I think a new and specific thread for this guy's columns might be of use- especially with tonight's! Lets summarise his allegations/rumours/comments/hints- or else I will be here all night: Kabir here next year but not happy with so many good Players off. One year left on his contract. Heart with Worcestershire- head somewhere else. We and the Bears want Yorkshire's Ajmal Shahzad. Bears now looking at Hoggy as player/coach. We are talking to Naqqash Tahir. The Bears ...

Jack Shantry

Tim Hall — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:53:57 GMT

..has signed a two year deal.....according to an email I (and presumably many of you) have received from Ms Cooksey.

Those Bleedin' Kolpaks

grinner — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:32:14 GMT

We've already seen important contributions from Ervine and now Adams.

The sooner somethings sorted, the better, and we all end up
playing on a level playing field.

I know us and the bears have refused to sign any, but have the other
7 Div 1 sides got them?

Mitch vice-captain

yeltzfan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:39:42 GMT

http://www.wccc.co.uk/news/news.asp?newsID=603

Worcestershire get International recognition? well sort of.....

Tim Hall — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:22:00 GMT

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/433608.html

Congratulations!

next years overseas player?

xraysteve — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:07:51 GMT

http://www.cricinfo.com/indvaus2009/content/current/story/433357.html

Why are Pardoe and Leach not listed on the official squad under players?

martyn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:11:16 GMT

I notice these two guys seem to have been ommitted from the squad on the official website. Is there a reason for this?

2009/10 Academy

Serchers — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:51:26 GMT

http://www.wccc.co.uk/news/news.asp?newsID=614 Not sure if this was covered elsewhere, apologies if I'm repeating old news. Players in the 09/10 programme are; Jack Biddulph, Tom Bird, Alex Blofield, Brett D�Oliveira, Jack Edwards, Tom Fell, Nick Harrison, George Hill, Tom Kohler Cadmore, Stephen Leach, George Rhodes and Ollie Steele So the D'Oliveira dynasty continues ! Hotels is going to love that ! What ages are the youngest please (Brian) ? There are a couple of lads I know ...

Who will be 2XI keeper and spinner next season?

martyn — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:49:44 GMT

Assuming Moeen and Cox will be 1XI spinner and keeper who will be keeper and spinner for 2XI?

Kabir Ali Transfer Request

Shaun Haddin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:19:05 GMT

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/wccc/4582567.Kabir_s_U_turn_puts_Worcestershire_on_the_spot/ I cant believe this! If Kabs goes im sure Moore will to! Out of everyone he would be the last person i would want to leave!

Chris Adams speaks

Kim — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:44:12 GMT

Some interesting stuff for Worcs fans in here:

http://www.britoval.com/news/chris-adams-qa-answers-grizz

Ben Smith Benefit

WBB — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:04:09 GMT

Just been looking at his site, and to be fair he has realised that the centre of gravity of the membership is not Worcester itself, but somewhere probably between Kidderminster, Stourbridge and Droitwich.

Hence his first main event is in Belbroughton! Easy to get from all over the County and with some good pubs as well.

Anyone going?

http://www.bensmithbenefit.com/

Interesting to note that Mitch.....

xraysteve — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:57:09 GMT

Is currently in the top 10 for bowling averages in the LVC!!!!!

Second eleven captaincy

asia exile — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:13:50 GMT

With the departures of the incumbent Josh and erstwhile deputy Omar Ali and elevation of Wheeldon, Kervezee, Jones and Shantry to the firsts, I am intrigued as to who will skipper the second eleven in 2010? Neil Pinner, I believe, is the most senior academy player but doesn't appear to have captained in the representative sides and neither has Jack Manuel for Staffs whereas Matt Pardoe has occasionally captained the Worcs U13's and U15's. Joe Leach has frequently captained the Staffs U13's ...

Ben Cox signs

Tim Hall — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:57:57 GMT

An interesting read

WBB — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:39:55 GMT

This taken from Popbitch.com...occasionally very very good for erm..cricket stories.. "a fabulously indiscreet aussie comedian who now lives in la i want to call him Jeff Jefferson/Tim Jeferson/something like that-anyway-this weekend he is banned from fighting talk for saying on radio 5 that freddie flintoff takes coke,the reason freddie has not sued him is that truth is an actual defence and the reason he knows that he takes it is because he's taken it with him."

GAH collects MBE from HRH

Brian P — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:48:21 GMT

http://ecb.co.uk/news/domestic/counties/worcestershire/hick-collects-mbe,308195,EN.html

New Signing Announced

grinner — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:08:11 GMT

Taken from Worcester News: Meanwhile, Rhodes has placed Chris Russell on a one-year contract after impressing for the second XI. The 20-year-old pace bowler from the Isle of Wight has been playing for Wolverhampton. He took 41 wickets for the Birmingham League club last summer and 30 for the County seconds. �He is a player that has promise and someone second team manager Damian D�Oliveira has been impressed with,� Rhodes said. �We felt he could benefit from a full training programme. ...

Hoggard Again?

warrior — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:17:07 GMT

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12140_5623570,00.html

Richard Jones

Kim — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:04:20 GMT

England have named three development squads today. Category �C� Group players are likely to be a little younger with less First Class County experience, many of whom have been part of the ECB Elite Player Development Programme. Richard Jones has been named in this lot. http://www.ecb.co.uk/ecb/about-ecb/media-releases/ecb-names-performance-programme-squads,308125,EN.html

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BASIL D'OLIVEIRA!

Tim Hall — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:18:28 GMT

A legend, and one of my childhood heros is 78 (?) today. I hope that he and his family have as good a day as possible.

Congratulations, I think......

Tim Hall — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:32:32 GMT

http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/429454.html

England Squad

grinner — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:21:40 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/8294143.stm

Surprise !!!

The second Davies leaves for Surrey, he's in the test squad.

Jonah signs for Hampshire

WBB — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:15:03 GMT

Tomorrow- says BBC Wales, citing Glammy sources.

Player Unrest

Serchers — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:53:47 GMT

So what are all the complaints about ? We keep hearing the facilities aren't good enough and that's why some players want to leave. I'm not sure if I really understand the problem. Coaches & Coaching I'm sure that all players need a coach to some degree, depending on their experience. We've been very light in this area over the years and appointing Mason & Smith is a step forward. As player/coach it's probably a cheap option - cue 'jobs for the boys' comments from some. But ...

Ollie Rayner

martyn — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:57:07 GMT

Although contracted with Sussex for 2010 I think he might be available as he is frustrated with Sussex for having brought in Piyush Chawla as a temporary overseas player which led to him being dropped from 1XI towards the end of the season. Rayner is an excellent off-spinner and a more than useful batsman who scored a first class hundred on his debut, the first time this had been done since 1920, and he was selected for the England Lions last winter after good season with the ball in 2008. He ...

How will Worcestershire squad look in 2010

martyn — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:14:19 GMT

So Ahmed, O Ali, Fisher, Jones, Knappett, Noffke and Shannon have been released and Batty and Davies have signed for Surrey. Worcestershire squad could look something like this next year:

Batsmen: Moore? Mitchell, Solanki, Smith, M Ali, Kervezee, Wheeldon, Manuel, Pardoe, Pinner, Leach, Kapil

Keepers: Batty ?, Cox

Spinners: Rayner ?, Metters ?

Seamers: K Ali, Richardson, Mason, Whelan, Andrew, Jones, Arif, Shantry

Tom Smith Available

Serchers — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:02:08 GMT

http://www.testmatchextra.com/Blogs.aspx?BlogView=Post&PostID=744a245f-53e5-4ab7-a85f-cfec4d319f35&BloggerID=e7006e8f-7d67-46a1-9c0f-a1c0f94edf21 Left-arm spinner Tom Smith admits his future may lie away from Sussex even though he is under contract until the end of the 2010 season. Starved of first-team cricket since making his only Championship appearance in the first game of the season against Lancashire, a loan deal to Worcestershire in August fell through. �It�s a big shame ...

WCCC award 5 summer scholarships

Brian P — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:00:37 GMT

Copied from the main club site Thursday, October 01, 2009 Worcestershire Award five Summer Scholarships Worcestershire CCC has awarded three summer scholarships and two bursaries for 2010 as follows: Bursaries Ben Cox 17 years old, RH Batsman/Wicketkeeper Ben had a fairytale week in September when he was allowed out of Bromsgrove School to make his 1st XI debut at Taunton due to an injury to Steve Davies. He scored 61 on debut and Marcus Trescothick was his first victim. ...

Showy out of World T20........nice headline!

Tim Hall — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:26:57 GMT

http://content.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/current/story/405415.html

Happy New [Cricket] Year

WBB — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:56:52 GMT

...I hope! The cricket year begins on 1st October- hence the Kabir announcement of this morning. So, perhaps without us realising, for the past c. 10 hours both Davies and Batty have been Surrey players- and all they could do for us is history. Alan Richardson is now one of Us- and we await more to come Kabir and Moore remain Pears at things stand. On a brighter and lighter note, I understand Pear legend in the proper sense of the word Roy Booth is 83 today! I ...

Why The Rush?

grinner — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:09:12 GMT

England 114-8

Morgan keeping wicket ????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????

How ridiculous, what was the point?

The Kenyon and the Lygon 2009

WBB — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:02:26 GMT

Any thoughts on who should get the Dick Lygon and Don Kenyon awards for this year? Or the 'Champagne Moment' for that matter?

Final Pro40 Averages

grinner — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:25:58 GMT

Worcestershire batting averages Player..........M..I.NO.R..HS....Ave.......SR DKH Mitchell 8 5 3 156 50* 78.00 95.12 SM Davies 8 7 0 390 106 55.71 127.86 SC Moore 8 7 1 220 87* 36.66 77.46 VS Solanki 8 7 1 199 82* 33.16 103.64 BF Smith 8 7 2 111 40* 22.20 76.55 MM Ali 8 7 0 145 51 20.71 68.72 ID Fisher 6 3 1 28 12* 14.00 70.00 GM Andrew 8 5 1 51 27 12.75 77.27 GJ Batty 8 5 0 50 21 10.00 54.34 CD Whelan 4 2 0 11 11 5.50 100.00 RA ...

Final CC Averages

grinner — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:00:40 GMT

Worcestershire batting averages Player.............M..I..NO.Runs..HS.....Ave OB Cox 1 1 0 61 61 61.00 SM Davies 14 26 2 952 126 39.66 GM Andrew 9 16 5 391 92* 35.54 VS Solanki 15 28 1 953 206* 35.29 DKH Mitchell 16 30 0 1022 298 34.06 MM Ali 16 30 2 803 153 28.67 AA Noffke 6 9 0 258 89 28.66 DA Wheeldon 4 5 0 138 87 27.60 SC Moore 14 27 0 738 107 27.33 AN Kervezee 8 14 0 381 66 27.21 BF Smith 13 26 2 565 80* 23.54 ...

Vikram Wins the Walter Lawrence Trophy 2009

mickcricket — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:06:44 GMT

http://www.wccc.co.uk/news/news.asp?newsID=594

Congratulations Vikram!

Thank You to Those Who Are Leaving

Henry Crun — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:08:37 GMT

To (in no particular order)

Steve Davies
Gareth Batty
Josh Knapett
Ian Fisher
Mehraj Ahmed
Omar Ali
James Shannon
Simon Jones

Thank you for all you have contributed to WCCC. There might have been the odd harsh word on here for the way in which one or two of you have departed, but best of luck to all of you in the future.

Fisher and Mehraj released

WBB — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:06:25 GMT

Neither will have their contracts renewed at the end of this season.

James Taylor.

northwalesman — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:36:26 GMT

Have just watched James Taylor making a very competent 95 for Leics in the Pro 40 game against Kent. Leics gave him every chance to build an innings by putting him in at Number 3. Can anyone explain to me as to why bearing in mind the absolute paucity of talent coming up from the second eleven that this lad wasn't identified as a player of the future much earlier, given his chance and encouraged to stay? I'd also like to know why Trego was allowed to depart back to Somerset. At ...

Knapper released

Bromsgrove Pear — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:57:59 GMT

Someone has just told me that Knappet has been released ?

Alan Richardson

Blakes7 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:07:55 GMT

Is this signing the statement of intent to improve our squad that we want to send out to everyone for next season.

Worcs squad for tomorrow

worcslover — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:03:30 GMT

No Worcs squad for tomorrow anyhwhere, anyone help or any reason why not announced?

Freelance Fred.

manandvans — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:24:40 GMT

If anyone thinks Flintoff going freelance is bad then I reckon that this is the thin end of the wedge. How long before the popular and lovable Kevin Pietersen (and others) decide that being freelance is going to be more profitable; sorry...is going to help them achieve their cricket ambitions. KP can earn more for 6 weeks of IPL than his central contract is worth. It's not a new thing in cricket though. Even before Packer cricket and the rebel SA tours there was a rich history of professional ...